The 1985–86 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 15th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 21–8 and a conference record of 13–5, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. IU was invited to participate in the 1986 NCAA tournament as a 3-seed; however, IU made a quick exit with a first-round loss to 14-seed Cleveland State.
The season was memorialized and popularized by A Season on the Brink, a 1986 book by John Feinstein.
Roster No.NamePositionHt.YearHometown11Todd JadlowF/C6–9So.Salina, Kansas12Steve AlfordG6–2Jr.New Castle, Indiana14Magnus PelkowskiC6–10RS So.Bogotá, Colombia20Ricky CallowayG/F6–6Fr.Cincinnati, Ohio21Winston MorganG/F6–5Sr.Anderson, Indiana22Stew RobinsonG6–1Sr.Anderson, Indiana 23Delray BrooksG6–4So.Michigan City, Indiana24Daryl ThomasF/C6–7Jr.Westchester, Illinois30Todd MeierF/C6–8Jr.Oshkosh, Wisconsin32Steve EylF6–6So.Hamilton, Ohio34Andre HarrisF6–6Jr.Grand Rapids, Michigan35Jeff OliphantG6–5RS Fr.Lyons, Indiana 42Kreigh SmithG/F6–7RS So.Tipton, Indiana44Joe HillmanG6–2RS So.Glendale, California45Brian SloanF/C6–8RS So.McLeansboro, Illinois52Courtney WitteF/C6–8Sr.Vincennes, Indiana
Schedule/results
!colspan=8| Regular season
!colspan=8| NCAA tournament
References